Senior Software Engineer, Seller
About Us
At Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT), we’re unlocking the power of educator-created content. More than 2 out of 3 of U.S. teachers come to TpT every year to get teacher-tested, engaging, and rigorous materials. What began as a humble exchange for teachers looking to share lesson plans has since exploded into an education powerhouse where teachers have created more than 3 million resources for all aspects of PreK-12 education. More than five million educators worldwide (including teachers, administrators, and parents) have downloaded TpT resources more than a billion times. If you haven’t heard of TpT yet and want to learn more, just talk to a teacher about us. Or try this recent article in Forbes.
Who we are looking for
We’re a team of good people doing great things. We listen first. We love our work. And we are all teachers and learners in whatever we do. We believe that productivity is never an accident. It’s the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, passionate team work, and focused effort. We want every day to be fun and to matter.
Role
On the Seller Team, we focus on our Teacher-Authors, partnering with them to expand their businesses and extend the reach of their knowledge and expertise. We build experiences to help sellers upload and manage their products, market their stores and resources, and communicate with their customers. We also provide them with data analytics and education to help them grow their stores.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll lead projects from conception to delivery. More specifically, you'll:
- Write code across the stack, contributing to common codebases and establishing best practices along the way
- Design technical systems to support new and existing features
- Own existing products and systems, helping support and improve them
- Mentor other engineers through pairing and reviews of design documents and pull requests
- Collaborate cross-functional members of the Seller Team, lending your engineering knowledge and expertise to help shape the product
Qualities for a successful candidate
- 5+ years of experience in development at scale
- Strong industry experience with web development practices and tools, including SQL databases, caching strategies, backend APIs, Javascript, and CSS
- Experience with building, scaling, and monitoring resilient systems
- Comfortable working across the full stack in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Enjoys working collaboratively with peer engineering teams
- Great at mentoring teammates, communicating, and teaching your learnings
Extra Credit
- Experience with Ed-Tech, Marketplaces, Search, or Data-Powered Products
- Experience with Elixir/Erlang, Node.js + React, Kubernetes, Terraform, Chef, or AWS at scale
- Degree in computer science or equivalent experience
- Owning or contributing to open-source projects